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Old 01-04-2014, 05:26 PM
 
Location: Seattle area
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It's also darker being further north and cloudier.
darker and cloudier have nothing to do with the temperature.
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Old 01-05-2014, 06:21 AM
 
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darker and cloudier have nothing to do with the temperature.
In a way they do - it makes it feel colder.
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Old 01-05-2014, 03:44 PM
 
Location: Seattle area
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The wind makes it much colder than clouds
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Old 01-05-2014, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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It looks amazing out there. It looks like the most naturally beautiful area of America. I won't be able to seriously comment on the Pacific Northwest until my trip out to Portland and the central coast in a week and a half. The weather looks balmy after what we have had and will have in Chicago. Just about every day, the low there is warmer than the high back home.
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Old 01-06-2014, 12:51 AM
 
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The culture is tacky as hell. Nobody cares about what they wear, you can go to the store in your pajamas. Which I guess is kinda cool in a way too but it just represents the half-assed nature of life here.
I went to fred meyers last night in my sweats to buy some milk. Before I left the house, I thought to myself, "Maybe I should put some jeans on." But then I remembered that I live in Oregon, where nobody gives a flying **** what you wear, and that's the way I like it!
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Old 01-06-2014, 01:54 PM
 
Location: Pacific NW
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darker and cloudier have nothing to do with the temperature.
Actually, the clouds keep it warmer. It's when the clouds clear off that the temperatures tend to drop. At least, that's the way it works in Portland. It's why it doesn't snow very often. Cold and Clouds with precipitation don't often happen at the same time.
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Old 01-06-2014, 05:11 PM
 
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Actually, the clouds keep it warmer. It's when the clouds clear off that the temperatures tend to drop. At least, that's the way it works in Portland. It's why it doesn't snow very often. Cold and Clouds with precipitation don't often happen at the same time.
Yup, this is precisely true. Mild sunny winter weather in Portland is also not common.
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Old 01-06-2014, 05:41 PM
 
Location: Denver/Atlanta
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Very overrated honestly. Crappy weather, high prices, isolation from the rest of the country...

The cities are nice though. I'd definitely live in Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland (in that order).

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Old 01-06-2014, 06:47 PM
 
Location: West Coast - Best Coast!
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Very overrated honestly. Crappy weather, high prices, isolation from the rest of the country...

The cities are nice though. I'd definitely live in Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland (in that order).
I still don't get the isolation thing. You can only live in one city at a time. I know a ton of people on the east coast that only travel outside of their metro if it's for work, and I know others in Florida, Texas, California, etc. that never leave their state. If you never leave your metro/state, what difference does it make how close you are to other major cities?

Most of the people I know here travel a lot - for work or personal - and all of my friends that I can think of have Passports. As for cities/places that we are close to, I'll take Vancouver, Portland, the Oregon coast, Victoria, the San Juans, Washington and Oregon wine countries, ski resorts galore, and all of California just fine (yes, I'm including California, because there are so many flights on multiple airlines/airports between Seattle/Portland and San Francisco/LA that they're more than hourly). That is, if you're figuring that the only time when proximity to other destinations really matters that much would be for, say, a weekend mini break.

A nice bonus for those of us who travel on business a lot and live up here: we get a ton of frequent flier miles. My family is headed to the middle east and Africa on vacation this year - Business Class on Emirates - with the miles I've accumulated flying all over our country. Funny, I don't feel isolated at all.
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Old 01-06-2014, 11:21 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Actually I rarely here people talk about the Pacific Northwest. Makes me want to visit there right now.
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